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4 "ACC" teams in AP Top 10

I think one of the UNC/FSU matchups during the Mack Brown era was two top 5 teams.
 
I'll take Clemson and the points all day. If you wanna crown Winston, then crown him, but he hasn't played in a tough environment yet....
 
DiegoTiger said:
I'll take Clemson and the points all day. If you wanna crown Winston, then crown him, but he hasn't played in a tough environment yet....
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I didn't say he was better than Boyd (I think he could be), but he has more star power.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
I'm biased toward the trend of LSU QBs being overrated. Mettenberger looks better than most though.

FSU is pretty damn complete too. Winston is young, but i would take hm over nearly every QB in the country. That guy is a flat-out stud.
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Mettenberger can really spin it. He's fun to watch. Much more so than the shit they've lined up at QB since Jamarcus.
 
Tahj Boyd is a workmanlike QB. Winston is a star. That's going to be fun to watch.
 
Can't wait to make trip to Death Valley. Should be a great atmosphere. If noles lose, it will be due to defense not Jameis.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Either way, good for the conference to have several favorable outcomes this far in. The expansion vision is finally living up to its promise a little, aka Miami and FSU appear headed in the right direction.

Louisville - CU ACCCG in the near future would be the best ticket in league history. Those fanbases travel like SEC teams.
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Unless they change up the divisions sometime soon, Clemson and Louisville will both be in the Atlantic division starting next year.
 
uncaboref said:
Unless they change up the divisions sometime soon, Clemson and Louisville will both be in the Atlantic division starting next year.
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Forgot about that.

I feel like they have to change them up. UofL, CU, and FSU makes for a pretty unbalanced division. I guess it works for the SEC West though. They kill each other and some scrub from the Coastal/SEC East makes it to the CG with a fairly clean slate.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Forgot about that.

I feel like they have to change them up. UofL, CU, and FSU makes for a pretty unbalanced division. I guess it works for the SEC West though. They kill each other and some scrub from the Coastal/SEC East makes it to the CG with a fairly clean slate.
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I remember when the Coastal was the stacked league and the Atlantic was supposed to be FSUs doormat.
 
PhDeac said:
I remember when the Coastal was the stacked league and the Atlantic was supposed to be FSUs doormat.
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No, I really don't. Clemson was always perceived to be the 3/4 team in the league. The alignment should have worked out ok balance-wise:

FSU/Miami
Clemson/VT
Wake/Duke
NCSU/UNC
BC/GT
UM/UVA

That was the idea, as I see it at least (maybe flip the last two). Obviously reality =\= expectations.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
No, I really don't. Clemson was always perceived to be the 3/4 team in the league. The alignment should have worked out ok balance-wise:

FSU/Miami
Clemson/VT
Wake/Duke
NCSU/UNC
BC/GT
UM/UVA

That was the idea, as I see it at least (maybe flip the last two). Obviously reality =\= expectations.
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Thanks for illustrating my point. The Coastal team on that list had been historically stronger at the time. The clear set up was for FSU-Miami rematch with a FSU-VT consolation prize.
 
PhDeac said:
Thanks for illustrating my point. The Coastal team on that list had been historically stronger at the time. The clear set up was for FSU-Miami rematch with a FSU-VT consolation prize.
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Depending on what you mean by "historically", the list is pretty balanced, maybe even tilted Atlantic slightly. I would actually be interested to look at the numbers from years before expansion (W/L, bowls, titles, etc.). I have no interest in putting it together though.
 
When was the last time the ACC had 3 teams in the AP top 10? I know we've never had 4.
 
DeaconOEF/OIFvet said:
When was the last time the ACC had 3 teams in the AP top 10? I know we've never had 4.
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Before Miami was exposed right after expansion probably. UM and FSU has some highly ranked early season games right after expansion IIRC. I could be thinking about some Bowden Bowls though.

If not then, probably a long, long time ago.
 
From the ESPN story:

"The ACC has two top-five teams and three top-10 teams -- Miami is No. 10 -- for the first time since Oct. 30, 2005."
 
tiltdeac said:
From the ESPN story:

"The ACC has two top-five teams and three top-10 teams -- Miami is No. 10 -- for the first time since Oct. 30, 2005."
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I wonder who they were. FSU, VT, CU? Maybe Miami then?
 
Deacfreak07 said:
I wonder who they were. FSU, VT, CU? Maybe Miami then?
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it had to be FSU, VT and Miami. if those aren't it, then the third might've been BC because they pretty good until they decided to fire Jagodzinski
 
Bubble Boy said:
Is the Clemson/FSU game the biggest in ACC history? Obviously, FSU/Miami had some big games in the day, but that was before Miami came into the ACC.
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All top 10 matchups between two ACC teams...

  • 1981: #2 Clemson @ #8 North Carolina
  • 1997: #2 Florida State @ #5 North Carolina
  • 1999: #1 Florida State @ #10 Georgia Tech
  • 2000: #4 Florida State @ #10 Clemson
  • 2004: #5 Miami @ #4 Florida State
  • 2004: #7 Florida State @ #6 Virginia
  • 2005: #5 Miami @ #3 Virginia Tech
  • 2007: #2 Boston College @ #8 Virginia Tech
  • 2012: #9 Clemson @ #4 Florida State
  • 2013: #5 Florida State @ #3 Clemson

Also, :laugh: at counting Louisville. I doubt they would be in the top 10 right now with an ACC schedule.
 
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